List of places with "Silicon" names

List of places with "Silicon" names

The following is a list of places with "Silicon" names, that is, places whose names were (or seemed to be) inspired by the "Silicon Valley" nickname given to part of the San Francisco Bay Area:

* Brazilian Silicon Valley — Campinas, Brazil
* Cwm Silicon — Newport, Wales
* Mexican Silicon Valley — Jalisco, Mexico
* Silicon Alley — New York, New York, Broadway, the Flatiron District, TriBeCa and SoHo, United States
* Silicon Alley — Pink Lane, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
* Silicon Corridor — The corridor created by the M4 motorway between Bristol and London, including Swindon, Reading and Slough, England
* Silicon Desert — Chandler, Arizona, United States (Intel, Motorola, others)
* Silicon Fen — Cambridge, England
* Silicon Forest — Portland, Oregon, United States
* Silicon Glen — Central Belt, Scotland
* Silicon Gorge — Bristol, England
* Silicon Gulf — Davao, Philippines
* Silicon Hills - Austin, Texas, United States
* [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Saxony Silicon Saxony] de icon - Elbe river valley around Dresden, Germany
* Silicon Prairie - Illinois, United States as well as Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Texas, United States
* Silicon Slopes - Utah, United States concentrated in the Wasatch Front, Utah, United States
* Silicon Valley North — Kanata, Ontario, Canada and Ottawa, Canada
* Silicon Valley of China — Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing, People's Republic of China (PRC)
* Silicon Valley of India (sometimes referred to as Silicon Plateau)- Bangalore
* Silicon Valley of Europe — Dublin, Ireland
* Silicon Valley of South Korea — New Songdo City, Incheon
* Silicon Valley of Russia — Zelenograd, Moscow
* Silicon Valley of Sweden — Kista
* Silicon Valley of Taiwan — Hsinchu, Taiwan
* Dubai Silicon Oasis — Dubai, United Arab Emirates
* Silicon Wadi — The coastal plain of Israel, stretching from Haifa to Tel Aviv and Rehovot and expanding inland to Jerusalem
* Silicon Beach - Santa Cruz, California, United States and Brighton, England

External links

* [http://tbtf.com/siliconia.html Comprehensive list of "Silicon" names]

Silicon Roundabout - Old street area in London


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